[laughter] >> or how good it would be. >> i want to go to wonderland. >> we will be back here on monday. roses are red, violets are blue and this is the end of >> bret: this is a fox news alert, welcome to washington. a new pentagon report says that china's air force is taking aim at the u.s. the annual report states that the chinese military is likely training for strikes on u.s. targets and that's not all. this report includes the people's liberation army improving already formidable cyber operations. the reports drops today after reports that trump is restarting trade talks with china.

>> an annual pentagon report to congress warns of china's military is likely training for strikes on u.s. targets, the people's liberation army has rapidly expanded its overwater bomber operating areas, gaining experience in maritime regions and likely training for strikes. the chinese air force has also shifted to a nuclear mission. the report echoes public warnings from top pentagon officials that china remains the u.s. military's biggest long-term challenge. >> without focused involvement and engagement, china will realize its dream of hegemony in asia. we should cooperate where we can but stand ready to confront them where we must. >> chinese strategic bombers landed for the first time on disputed woody islands, a dramatic expansion of their claims in the oil-rich south china sea. last year they signed a 99 year

at least for a fort in sri lanka which could be used for its military. a year ago, they opened their first overseas military base in djibouti deploying a company of marines and equipment next door to a u.s. drone base in the horn of africa. the report said cyber attacks continue. "computer systems around the world including those owned by the u.s. government continue to be targeted by china-based intrusions through 2017. separate concerns about china's behavior manifested itself in silicon valley with 1,000 google employees signing a letter protesting google's decision to agree to a chinese government requested to censor search engine results. the chinese foreign ministry responded to the pentagon report of accusing the u.s. of displaying a cold war mentality. >> bret: jennifer, thank you. the trump administration is taking steps to remove itself from the conflict in syria by

ending funding for the country's stabilization projects. officials said today they would not spend $200 million that had been planned for syria programs instead of shifting that money elsewhere. the administration side of the cut would be more than offset by the additional $300 million pledged by coalition partners, a move the administration touts as a big success as companies to step up to the plate to share the burden there. president trump's plans for a military parade in our nation's capital are now on hold. civility quickly went out the window as critics end of the administration alike took to name-calling over the cost of such a parade. correspondent kevin corke joins us life. >> the idea was born at the presidents parade will not be happening anytime soon proving

that sometimes even patriotism comes at a price. after marveling at a per steel day parade he attended in paris, president trump wanted to do something similar in washington to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the end of world war i but faced with a grim reality of soaring costs the commander in chief instead retreated. on twitter he accused local washington, d.c., officials of looking to cash in, writing they wanted a number so ridiculously high that i canceled it. the cost proposed ran into the tens of millions of dollars including for police, 13 million. transportation, 2 million. fire and emergency, 3.5 million. that plus other costs of driving the total up to $21 million. the city's democratic mayor that she finally got through to the reality star in the white house with the reality of 21.6 million for parades, events,

demonstrations in trump america -- sad. cost has been a major sticking point from the outset. america's last large-scale parade cost upwards of $8 million back in 1991, multiple defense department officials involved in planning estimated the cost of this time could top $90 million. defense secretary jim mattis was caught off guard by that figure. >> whoever told you that is probably smoking something that's legal in my state but not in most states. >> democratic senator blumenthal tweeted real patriotism should made 92 million to honor military service and benefit veterans, not to glorify politicians. not one to miss an opening, the president noting how can senator rich blumenthal pass judgment on anyone. loser. he will now attend a small event at andrews air force base before making his way to paris to

commemorate the end of world war i, that will happen later this fall in november. >> bret: more than a dozen former senior intelligence officials penned a letter criticizing the presidents decision to revoke former cia director brendan's security clearance and now dozens more former cia officers adding to that. >> we're talking about more than five dozen all told, that list expected to continue to grow. that includes names like michael hayden, robert gates, and leon panetta. they're pressing his motivation, it reads this way. "we all agree that the presidents action regarding john brennan and the threat of similar action against former officials has nothing to do with who should and shouldn't hold security clearances. and everything to do with the attempt to stifle free speech." the letter comes as the president is preparing to revoke the clearance of bruce ohr, and

the use of the infamous steele dossier. >> president trump: i suspect i'll be taking it away quickly. for him to be in the justice department and to be doing what he did, that is a disgrace. >> no word yet on when bruce ohr's security clearance might be revoked. will bring you the very latest as soon as we get it. i should also mention virginia senator mark warner is expected to introduce legislation that would stop the president from continuing this idea of revoking security clearances, that could come as soon as next week. >> bret: thank you. jurors have gone home for the weekend after a second day of deliberations for the fraud trial of trumps former campaign manager paul manafort. today it was the media with questions, correspondent peter doocy joins us live

outside the courthouse with what they asked judge ellis. >> the jury has now deliberated for more than 14 hours over a two day spam and they knew there wasn't going to be a verdict today because this afternoon they asked if they could go home early and the judge said yes. he denied a request by a handful of media outlets including the ap, "new york times," and the cnn to unseal the name of the jurors before the end of the trial. the judge said he couldn't do that without endangering their safety. he then revealed he has received threats that require him to travel with a u.s. marshal detail. he also said he was surprised by all of the attention on this trial which today had the president sympathetic ear. >> president trump: i think the whole manafort trial is very sad. i think it's a very sad day for our country. he happens to be a very good person. >> it didn't take long for word

of his comment to reach the manafort defense team where they await updates with men affords wife kathleen. >> and a reaction to president's comments? >> great comments, he appreciates the support of president trump. [reporter questioning] >> i do and he does. >> i'm told he has no access to a tv or reading material. >> bret: back at it monday. he's known for his outlandish ideas and deep pockets but now billionaire entrepreneur elon musk is facing scrutiny for the securities and an end exche commission over a single tweet. it could be problematic when it comes to the funding of some of

his other big projects. >> electric car maker tesla in turmoil, elon musk appears to be buckling under the pressure. musk has complained of exhaustion taking a toll on his health. a tweeted ten days ago has gotten the attention of federal investigators with him writing and considering taking tesla private at $420. funding secured. that middle of the trading day sent to their stock soaring but it turns out the funding was far from secure. >> i believe the sec staff will be looking into a variety of aspects of his conduct but this is not going away quickly. >> he said he was referring to saudi investment. he bragged earlier this summer about his ability to raise money. >> anywhere from 22 million, all things included. >> his businesses including tesla, spacex, and the solar city have received an estimated $5 billion in government incentives including grants, tax

breaks, and discounted loans. the full scope of government benefits isn't known because it's been given out by federal, state, and local governments over time. one expert says all of that creates an artificial reality. >> if you model the price point and which are competitive by adding in subsidies, you have to wonder if they have a product that is competitive. >> he has defended benefiting from government cash. >> if you add all the subsidies from solar city and taz look at, it's 1,000 of what the oil and gas industry gets a single year. >> experts say there is risk and dependent federal subsidies for people buying electric vehicles like tesla, it's expected to be phased out by the end of next year. >> bret: the doubt jumps today 111, the s&p 500 rose nine, the nasdaq finished ahead ten. the dow gained almost one half

percent, the s&p by a little over than one half percent and at the dropped by a third. a federal judge is giving hundreds of immigrant children and their parents more time in the u.s. the judge saying in his order thursday that deporting children after unification with parents would deprive them of their rights to seek asylum. the aclu had requested families be given at least a week. the trump administration opposed to the movie saying parents waived children's rights to pursue asylum claims after signing deportation forms. thursday we reported nearly 198 people die every single day from overdoses in the u.s. 198. tonight, we look at how border protection agents are trying to fight the flow of illegal drugs into the u.s. from secret warehouses near some of the country's biggest airports. it's a visual you have to see to

believe. correspondent claudia callan with the story from san francisco. >> a bag of suspicious powder could be opioids bought online stopped by customs and border protection at this entry point for international parcels, 1 of 9 in the u.s. >> fentanyl is extremely dangerous, something we intercept regularly. >> while commercial shippers like fedex and ups months provided customs officials with packaging information in advance, making suspicious male easier to spot, there's no such requirement for the u.s. postal service. according to one congressional report, drug labs in china and mexico are taking advantage of the situation. sending hundreds of pounds of deadly fentanyl and other illicit narcotics through the u.s. mail. >> we've seen a lot of activity with criminal organizations, transnational in scope -- again, they recognize they can make a lot of money with opioids, with fentanyl. >> drugs are tested and used as

evidence by homeland security investigations and criminal prosecutions but agents admit that disrupting the illicit opioid supply chain is an uphill battle. >> were seeing huge increases and it's challenging and troubling. >> congresses considering legislation to beef up security around overseas mail. ohio republican senator rob portman has introduced the stop act that would require the u.s. postal service to provide customs officials with electronic shipping data in advance, just like private mail carriers do now. >> to me, this is shocking. it should be something that we could do something about. this is a federal agency, after all. >> it has passed the house and ed's heading to the boat by the full senate in the next few months. in the meantime, every box, every letter is considered suspicious and subject to inspection. more than a million packages every month at this facility in san francisco, nationally by one estimate more than 500 million

pieces of mail every year. >> bret: claudia callan in san francisco. up next, why our nation's motto is causing a stir as kids head back to class, will explain. fox do in san francisco where lawyers say they are preparing for trial for 2 men charged in deaths of 36 people in an oakland warehouse fire. the trial comes after a plea deal with prosecutors fell apar apart. in miami were a 28-year-old alaskan man will spend the rest of his life in prison for last year's shooting at a florida airport that left five people dead and six wounded. the judge handing down that sentence today for esther von santiago who pleaded guilty back in may. this is a life look at detroit and from our affiliate fox two, the big story their mourners will have a four days to pay their respects to aretha franklin, the queen of soul who died thursday after a battle with pancreatic cancer. an official with the city of detroit said her body will lie in repose at the city's museum

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>> bret: investigators have recovered the bodies of a pregnant colorado mom and her two young daughters. they say they were found on shannon watts property owned by anadarko petroleum were her husband chris worked. the bodies of what is believed to be there three and 4-year-old daughter is nearby, police have not discussed a motive but the family had been in financial trouble in recent years. watts is being held without bail expected to be charged monday and authorities say he has confessed. a rising star in the democratic party and among democratic socialists is facing criticism after her campaign band of journalists from covering a town hall meeting with voters this week. local new york news outlet reports that alexandria ocasio-cortez is campaign prevented reporters from attending an event even though

it was open from the rest of the public. ocasio-cortez called to report a nonstory saying the campaign indicated previously the event would be closed to protect any attendees. "in god we trust" is our national motto, it's printed on all of our currency. it took specific laws to require schools in six states to display it and that is now controversy. religion correspondent lauren green looks at both sides of this issue. [whistle blowing] >> as students head back to classrooms in florida they see in god we trust prominently posted, it is now mandatory. >> it seems patriotic. >> in god we trust has been the national motto since the mid-1950s. it's on our currency and in the halls of congress. as religious tensions have grown in the u.s. with increased demand for religious liberty,

six states have passed laws in the past year either allowing or requiring the phrase to be displayed in public schools. tennessee, louisiana, and arkansas join florida as it states where it's required where alabama and arizona it's optional. the push for these laws comes from what's called the project blitz, a campaign that sponsored the congressional prayer caucus foundation. it suggests a 20 model bills from conservative lawmakers to use, ever poseable for displaying in god we trust is first on the list. >> you have people who feel they are being censored if they mention the word god, this is what gives meaning and purpose to the lives of so many individuals in this country. >> some critics and even parents see the law is a violation of separation and of church and state. >> the first duty of government is to represent all of its people and never send a message that certain individuals have more rights or that are

respected by the state than others. >> i don't really want the school system pushing one way or the other. >> we could see challenges to the public display of the motto but legal experts tell us it's not easy. even the most liberal courts have deemed it more a show of patriotism than religious belie belief. >> bret: up next, whatever happened to isis? first beyond our borders tonigh tonight, seven palestinians were killed and dozens wounded in weekly protests along the border with israel. protesters threw rocks and firebombs. israeli forces responded with live fire and tear gas. egypt works to broker and end two months of violence between israel and hamas. monsoon storms in india have killed more than 300 people, today rescuers used helicopters and hundreds of boats to evacuate thousands of people stranded on rooftops following unprecedented flooding in the southern part of india.

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♪ >> bret: the trump administration is pledging to try to help prevent wildfires and fight for those that had been burning all across california and much of the west. the kind of help they are offering doesn't exactly sit well with environmentalists. national correspondent reports from los angeles. >> as more fires burn longer the blame game begins. >> some people would like, they don't have a problem with watching habitat burned down and yet they only endangered species happens to be a logger. >> the people he refers to is environmentalists who for years have fought efforts to clear dead and dying trees which cause fires to grow bigger and burn faster. >> the density of trees is historic. if you have a lack of public access so we closed a lot of roads, we've let roads overgrow

so that even when a lightning strike or a man-made fire occurs, we can't get added. >> experts say he is right, overgrown forests help small brushfires grow out of control. >> we would like to be managing more ecosystems with more prescribed fire to reduce fuels in the environment. >> what got him in trouble is that climate change had nothing to do with wildfire, he has since walked it back. [reporter questioning] >> of course. >> but the damage was done. >> warmer weather will mean a longer window in which forest fires are favored. in washington state, the governor ripped him calling him a tool of the oil industry in a climate denier while many experts say hotter summers, drier winters reduced humidity, lower a fires ignition point, creating bigger fires year roun round. president trump suggested california's water shortage

hindered their ability to fight fire. officials say that's not true though at times rules protecting wildlife prohibit taking water from wilderness areas. >> while both sides point fingers, large fires continue burning, polluting the air making climate change worse. there is general agreement among scientists on how to manage forests, that consensus does not exist among politicians. >> bret: thank you. ♪ tonight we are answering the question of whatever happened to isis. once feared for that group's dominance in iraq and syria and possible expansion elsewhere, the power of the terror group definitely shrunk for months. but is isis mounting a comeback now. as lucas tomlinson reports the fight is far from over. >> last year the u.s. military

dropped nearly 40,000 bombs on isis from the skies of iraq and syria, roughly 23,000 in the first half of last year. those strikes have been vastly reduced. if 88% fewer bombs as if as fewer targets remain. in 2014, isis controlled an area the size of ohio and parts of iraq and syria. today, roughly a thousand fighters are holed up in a small city on the eastern border with iraq. >> i don't declare victory until it's in the rearview mirror. as we close in with what happened with isis is they become more concentrated. there is hard fighting ahead. >> late last month, president trump said the end is near for the terrorist group. >> president trump: we are destroying the bloodthirsty killers known as isis, almost gone. will be coming out of syria very soon, let the other people take

care of it now. >> a former senior counterterrorism director worn to the current president not to pull the roughly 2,000 troops out of syria and thousands more out of iraq too soon. >> you see from president trump a desire to move on, it's something his predecessors showed too but the problem is the mission continues. >> pentagon officials 100 up isis fighters have moved underground and they've moved back to their terrorist roots after a series of kidnappings and bombings have raised fears seven months after iraq's prime minister declared victory. the leader of isis remains at large despite a $25 million bounty on his head. two americans were recently captured in syria as isis members shift back to u.s. faced charges in federal court, not guantanamo bay. the questions remain about 600 prisoners from 40 different countries. >> bret: lucas tomlinson at the pentagon.

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>> china remains our biggest long-term challenge. if without focused involvement and engagement by the united states and our allies and partners, china will realize its dream of hegemony in asia. we should cooperate with beijing while we can stand ready to confront them where we must. >> bret: that is admiral harry harris a couple of months ago talking about china, he is the former pacific forces commander. now a new report suggests that china is targeting the u.s., training for strikes against the u.s. the report, annual report from congress over the last three years, the army expanding its overwater bombing areas, stealthy long-range strategic

bomber with nuclear capability that could be operational within the next ten years. computer systems definitely invested in that, attacking u.s. government systems. china's comprehensive monetization program aimed at increasing its military and making it making it world-class by 2049. with that, let's bring in our panel. morgan ortega's, national security analyst and cofounder of advisors. were going to start with you, we get these reports annually i used to cover the pentagon it's always an assessment. this one raised some eyebrows. >> anyone who is watching the chinese military expansion, this is a surprise. if you look at the president's national security strategy one of the things that you hear the administration talking about most is this power complex we are entering, the era of great power competition specifically with the chinese. with the amount of money they're

spending on the military i think it's natural they are building up their capabilities. they're looking at their sphere of influence. if they want us to have less influence in their region, they want navigation of the seas. the chinese military buildup is not a surprise to me. what we have had our eye off the ball for the past ten years in republican and democrat administrations is how we effectively counter them and how we maintain freedom of navigation. >> speaking of navigation we have these pop-up islands in the south china sea that the u.s. navy has skirmishes with the chinese. there are some tense in that area. >> i think our national conversation about china particularly in the trump administration has been an economic one. we talked about china in terms of tariff wars. i think it's a factor in the obama administration they kept talking about their great pivot to asia that never seemed to

happen. i think we do have to start realizing that china really is the next great superpower and their goals are expanding their influence not just in asia but around the world. >> bret: we were talking about this possible space force the administration moving forward is -- he mentioned china. >> china claims to make its first successful test of a hypersonic vehicle last week. hypersonic missiles designed to fly up to 5 miles per second that they could potentially evade detection by our missile-defense radars. as their actions made clear, our adversaries have transformed the space into a war fighting domain already. >> you think the trade stamps and the talking out about the military tied together? >> i do, i wasn't sure about that a couple of months ago but you see mike pompeo meeting, you

see the invitation of the taiwanese president in town. you also see the u.s. navy catching up with the chinese and some of these stand-up missile platforms and also moving more toward the submarine fleet away from the carriers. because of their vulnerability to chinese missiles. this is the new challenge for the 21st century, one positive? the alliances, vietnam is growing very close to the united states that allows us to push back some of that chinese influence. >> bret: second day of the stories about the security clearance, take a listen. >> we were unanimous in our view that using the security clearance process to punish a political opponent was simply inappropriate. even though we all admit that the president does have absolute authority in this area, it's just a bad thing to do. for the health of the american

republic. >> mr. trump believes this is going to lead me to just to go away and be quiet, he is very badly mistaken. >> president trump: if anything, i'm giving him a bigger voice. many people don't know who he is and now he has a bigger voice and that's okay with me because i like taking on voices like that. i've never respected him, i've never had a lot of respect. >> bret: talking about john brennan, now you have about 75 former intelligence officials and officers putting out a letter in support of brendan. one of them is admiral william mcraven who said in an op-ed, i consider it a on or if would revoke my security clearance as well. if you think for a moment that your mccarthy era tactics will suppress the voices of criticism you're sadly mistaken. he's the former head of special ops command, he led to the usama bin laden raid. he made that op-ed in a phone

call to you? >> he called me and i didn't pick up my phone so he actually dictated it into my voice mail. he is currently on vacation away from cell coverage away from wi-fi coverage, he felt strongly that he had something to say. i've known him for a very long time, since fifth grade as it happens. he is not a partisan, he is a patriot. he is someone who in fact has i think sought out to the clinton years but he was also sought out by the trump administration during the transition. he had any number of opportunities in his life to be political but he decided here that he felt he had to speak ou out. >> bret: morgan, your thoughts. >> it comes to if he could take his security clearance clearly the president has the authority to do it and there's a lot of people upset by it. as someone who was formerly in

this community i'm upset by how he has conducted himself. he went off on an op-ed in accuse the president of collusion with no evidence. we will have an investigation that we will have a report from bob mueller. and told them as the, he has acted as the head of the resistance and instead of other countries are seeing what our former cia director has to say. he's putting a lot of stuff out there without evidence and i think he owes the american people that end i think i speak for many people formerly in the intelligence community who sick of our the intelligence process being politicized. >> bret: some of these people agree with that but they sign on having talked to a few of them to this letter to what is the bar by which you are going to yank security clearances going forward and where is the stipulation that it's going to happen? >> very quickly, that is the case. the problem here is two fold.

you lose access to expertise and cooperation that he would have started and secondly you deter the kind of freethinking and you deter the professionalism that defines that freethinking grid >> certainly nobody disputes the president has the right to do this, the question is whether it's the right thing to do this and maybe there is a conversation to be had about revoking everyone's security clearance when they leave the government. what people are objecting to here is using it as retribution for either criticizing the president or for being connected to the russian investigation. >> bret: don't they really use it to sit on boards and for companies that look at them as a little more attractive once they leave office? >> for the rest of us little people who aren't the heads of agencies whenever we leave, our clearance does expire. you go through a five year investigation. if you are income of five years comes up again. i think what's good for the goose is good for the gander and we should look at the whole

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>> unsecured borders. the heroin, cocaine, cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl in this country came here across the southern border. i don't mean most like 55%, were talking 90%. >> bret: attorney general sessions this week about drugs. the numbers are staggering if you just look at them for the latest out of the cdc, drug overdoses killed 72,000 americans last year. a record number, increase of 10%. that's almost 200 drug overdose deaths every single day or one every 8 minutes. one every 8 minutes. as the attorney general said, a lot of it has to do with synthetic opioids. back with a panel, lightning round. if it's a huge problem. >> i think there's so many things we can do but there's one thing we can do very easily and that's more funding for the postal service to actually check the packages coming in from china.

there's hundreds of millions of dollars coming in the post office doesn't have the ability to check them. if we can go through a list of things to say and more funding for the post office to check these packages to stop it. >> bret: i want to turn to this other story out of the white house and that is this parade. it is being postponed, the president tweeting today local politicians who run d.c. poorly know a windfall when they see it when they asked to give us a price for holding a great celebratory military parade they wanted numbers so ridiculously high i canceled it. never let someone hold you up. andrews air force base on a different date, go to the paris parade and he goes on. the mayor of d.c. responded. local politician who finally got through. it came out of an article you wrote and an interview with the president.

>> the president has been fixated on the idea of a parade for quite a while, i did an interview the week before he was inaugurated. how is america going to know it's great again? and he said i'm going to show them. i'm going to put our military might on display and bring them down pennsylvania avenue. these kinds of displays are really outside the american tradition. a lot of issues of practicality have been raised about that. i applaud the president because i think plan b is terrific. i think him going to the parade at joint base andrews and again celebrating the military parade the way the military does it is a terrific idea. >> bret: i want to go to winners and losers, tom. >> my winter's mike pompeo, the appointment of jim jeffrey who is president obama's ambassador to iraq he disagreed with the premature withdrawal but he is being appointed to the representative syria. my loser this week is the people of italy the government in lib.

>> the winner bill mcraven and the loser all of us, the voice of aretha franklin has been forever silenced this week. >> winner of the week is cara monch, she has miss america and she spoke us very boldly and bravely today on bullying within her organization, mistreatment and i think anytime you're a whistle-blower that's always a courageous step. she's a brown university graduate and i want to commend her for being a whistle-blower. my loser for the week is the iranian regime. no longer doing business or projects in iran due to u.s. sanctions. despite a lot of criticism that this president took on from withdrawing from the jcpoa. >> bret: we got around the

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>> bret: it is friday and here are this week's "notable quotables" ." >> i was complicit with this white house. >> they gave him full authority to carry out the decision. >> i never once used a racial slur about anyone. >> i can't guarantee anything. >> whoever told you that is probably smoking something that's legal in my state. >> his accuser claimed she has a tape she's not turning it over. >> i know better than anybody how important it is to win this election. >> we are going to take back washington. >> help president trump make america great and keep america great. >> we are not going to make

america great, it was never that great. >> i've seen this type of behavior on the part of foreign tyrants into desperate's, i never thought i would see it in the united states. >> we live in the united states of america, your presumed innocent until proven guilty. >> they deserve an f guy that's going to focus on the truth, obviously peter strzok was not individual. >> you're attempting to sacrifice your relationship for a terror organization. >> i am absently embarrassed and ashamed, there is no defending the indefensible. >> priests were rating little boys & girls club boys and girls and the men of god cheated for decades. >> bret: that was quite a week week. tune into fox news sunday,

chris wallace will have an exclusive interview with admiral mike mullen among other guests, thanks for inviting us into the home tonight, that's it for the special report. fair, balanced and still unafraid, the story hosted by melissa francis starts right no now. >> breaking tonight, day two of the deliberations of the trial of president trump's former campaign manager coming to a close with a bombshell revelation from the judge. good evening everyone, i melissa francis in for martha maccallum. we are still without a verdict for the trial of paul manafort, a verdict that could make or break the future of the russia collusion probe, the deliberation of date two was not without drama. judge t.s. ellis revealing a short time ago that he feared for the safety of the jury and he does not want their identities made public for now despite immediate request to do just that, his